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The Dismal Career Opportunities for Military Spouses
For the partners of America’s active-duty service members, finding a stable, well-paid job is often impossible.
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Stop the Check: Steps to Reduce Uncle Sam’s Improper Payments
Not all improper payments are fraud, but they all degrade the integrity of government programs and compromise the public’s trust.
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Interior Chief Nominee Defends Ethics Record, Talks Relocating Employees
Secretary-designate David Bernhardt faced testy questioning, but appears to have support for confirmation.
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Patrick Shanahan’s Endless Limbo
He’s still a contender for the top job at the Department of Defense. But the more he’s in the public eye, the more his obstacles mount.
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Emails Show Current FAA Chief Coordinated With Ex-Lobbyist Colleagues on Policy
As he moved through the agency’s ranks, the now-acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell exchanged dozens of emails with lobbyists and other industry players discussing everything from rolling backing back consumer protections to airport privatization.
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Thoughts on the President’s Management Agenda: Kudos… With a Caution
The PMA doesn’t provide adequate guidance on one of the most important levers available to the government to improve performance: acquisition.
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A Hollowed-Out IRS Workforce Has Led to a 91 Percent Drop in Investigations of Non-Filing Businesses
IRS no longer has employees with skills for workforce planning, audit finds.
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Agriculture Adviser Defends Planned Research Office Moves From D.C.
“A lot of talent doesn’t live here,” says Purdue aide.
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DHS to Tap Multiple Offices to Provide Supplemental Staff for Border Patrol
Top official concedes the deployments will hamper mission-critical activities at employees' home agencies.
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New Manager Development: Put Your Back Into It
There’s lots of guidance out there for aspiring managers, but not so much for those charged with promoting and developing these newbies.
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Trump Finally Nominates Key Labor Authority Appointee
The post responsible for bringing unfair labor practice complaints to the board that adjudicates labor-management disputes has sat vacant for more than two years.
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House Panel Advances Bill to Expand Federal 'Ban the Box' Policy
Legislation would codify an Obama-era regulatory policy to delay when agencies ask about a job applicant’s criminal history, and extend it to apply to federal contractors.
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White House Announces Acting Regulatory Chief
Former Labor Department counselor Paul Ray will lead the administration’s ambitious deregulation effort, at least temporarily.
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Ex-Army Colonel Pleads Guilty in Contractor Kickback Scheme
Georgia company posing as disadvantaged paid bribe of at least $1.2 million.
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How to Build a Learning Culture Within Your Agency
Borrow a technique from improv comedy: Think “Yes, and…”
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The Critical Part of Mueller’s Report That Barr Didn’t Mention
The special counsel’s most interesting findings about Trump and Russia might be in the counterintelligence portion of his report.
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FEMA Defends Actions Following Data Release Affecting 2.3 Million Disaster Victims
The agency said there’s no indication that survivor data has been misused.
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Key Federal Agency Doesn’t Have the Staff to Oversee $35B in 2017 Hurricane Recovery Money
Slow process has led to four states and territories devastated by hurricanes receiving virtually none of the funds Congress appropriated.
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HUD’s Inspection System Gets a Poor Grade in Congressional Watchdog’s Report
The Government Accountability Office’s findings mirror those of an investigation by The Southern Illinoisan and ProPublica, which documented numerous cases in which substandard housing complexes received passing — and even glowing — scores from HUD.
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